GAMBIA VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,052	3	1,007	+ 1,046
Stroke	2	1,376	4	802	+ 574
Hypertension	3	1,215	22	172	+ 1,042
Diabetes Mellitus	4	943	15	290	+ 654
Violence	5	912	20	195	+ 717
HIV/AIDS	6	825	2	1,125	- 300
Kidney Disease	7	736	16	266	+ 470
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	599	1	1,340	- 741
Breast Cancer	9	423	40	26	+ 397
Other Injuries	10	412	21	194	+ 217
Liver Disease	11	411	14	323	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	12	402	43	21	+ 381
Endocrine Disorders	13	379	17	230	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	328	28	89	+ 239
Inflammatory/Heart	15	288	32	59	+ 229
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	260	52	11	+ 249
Lung Disease	17	204	19	206	- 2
Road Traffic Accidents	18	185	6	695	- 510
Lung Cancers	19	180	38	34	+ 146
Skin Disease	20	163	44	19	+ 144
Drownings	21	160	30	69	+ 91
Lymphomas	22	153	51	12	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	23	126	23	145	- 19
Alcohol	24	123	50	12	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	25	109	47	14	+ 95
Falls	26	108	29	83	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	27	103	37	34	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	28	101	8	662	- 560
Congenital Anomalies	29	97	11	383	- 286
Uterin Cancer	30	86	66	1	+ 85
Suicide	31	85	25	113	- 28
Liver Cancer	32	73	12	377	- 304
Fires	33	64	31	67	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	64	33	56	+ 7
Leukemia	35	62	59	2	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	36	61	61	2	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	37	60	53	6	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	38	54	54	5	+ 48
Asthma	39	52	24	134	- 82
Epilepsy	40	48	35	43	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	41	39	13	345	- 306
Birth Trauma	42	38	5	754	- 716
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	32	9	626	- 594
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	27	41	24	+ 3
Malnutrition	45	26	26	110	- 84
Oral Cancer	46	21	71	0	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	47	20	57	3	+ 17
Drug Use	48	15	39	28	- 13
Meningitis	49	15	18	229	- 214
Bladder Cancer	50	13	56	4	+ 9
Encephalitis	51	11	48	14	- 2
Appendicitis	52	11	55	5	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	10	62	2	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	54	9	58	3	+ 6
Skin Cancers	55	5	68	0	+ 5
Poisonings	56	4	36	42	- 38
War	57	4	69	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	58	2	10	445	- 443
Dengue	59	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	46	14	- 12
Upper Respiratory	61	1	64	2	- 0
Tetanus	62	0	45	18	- 18
Syphilis	63	0	34	55	- 54
Chlamydia	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 2
Pertussis	68	0	27	99	- 99
Measles	69	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Bahamas

Gambia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.